December 2017 Premier Auction

Auction Details

This three day, 2,200 lot sale features items in numerous collecting categories including Native Americana, Firearms, Cowboy, Mining, Railroad & Express, Numismatics & Tokens, Postal History, Gaming, Bottles, and Military.

Highlights include:

*A big batch of Western trade tokens including a large Nevada collection.

*Coins, currency, and checks in our Numismatics section including a Ukiah bank note and a $20 gold piece.

*A Railroad section that includes a large number of Eastern Railroad Passes, including a Jay Gould autograph piece.

*Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express collectibles, including company archives.

*Mining stock certificates, photographs, books, and other ephemera.

*A large Postal History section featuring many hundreds of postcards, many real photo, as well as stamps and other philatelic ephemera.

*Gaming collectibles including an assortment of Nevada casino ashtrays

*A group of Antique Bottles including whiskey, bitters, medicines, and soda.

*A very large General Americana section featuring: a collection of presidential autographed letters, photographs & other ephemera; a large World's Fair & Expositions section full of stereoviews from the Prag Collection; jewelry; Western art; a huge Yosemite & Big Trees section; a big collection of San Francisco documents and early stereoviews; and U.S. documents, trade cards, business cards, and other ephemera.

*Our best Firearms selection to date with an 1869 Sharps Rifle, a rare Flintlock pistol, and rare antique ammunition. Our Firearms & Weaponry section also has Japanese katanas and Chinese swords.

*Military collectibles including a large Civil War section full of Confederate bonds, letters, photographs and more.

*Another world-class offering of Northwest and Southwest Native Americana featuring Nome Gold Rush ivory art and tools, baskets, kachinas, pottery, points, and much more!

*Our Cowboy section has postcards (including a Buffalo Bill collection), photographs, chaps, saddles, and saddle bags.

*A small selection of African and Western taxidermy for your office/den wall.

Full Auction Schedule

Day One, December 1st, 2017 (Lots 1000-1735)

Tokens (Geographic Sort) (1000-1118)

Numismatics (Lots 1119-1152)
Coins (1119-1128)
Checks (1129-1138)
Currency (1139-1146)
Medals & So-Called Dollars (1147-1152)

Railroadiana (Lots 1153-1292)
Passes (1153-1219)
Books (1220-1231)
Stocks & Other Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (1232-1292)

Wells Fargo & Other Express (Lots 1293-1322)
Wells Fargo (1293-1308)
American Express (1309-1313)
Other Express (1314-1322)

Mining (Lots 1323-1545)
Hard Goods: Candlesticks, Signs, Etc. (1323-1331)
Books (1332-1338)
Stocks & Other Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (1339-1545)

Postal History & Philatelic (Geographic Sort) (Lots 1546-1714)

Gaming (Lots 1715-1735)


Day Two, December 2nd, 2017 (Lots 2000-2750)

Bottles (Lots 2000-2043)

General Americana (Lots 2044-2700)
Jewelry (2044-2059)
Art (2060-2098)
Worlds Fairs & Expositions (2099-2130)
Political (2131-2152)
Geographic Sort (2153-2588)
Misc. Categories incl. Maps & Atlases, Black Americana, Fire, Ephemera (2589-2700)

Foreign Collectibles (Lots 2701-2750)

Day Three, December 3rd, 2017 (Lots 3000-3734)

Firearms & Weaponry (Lots 3000-3167)
Ephemera (3000-3007)
Ammunition (3008-3058)
Pistols & Revolvers (3059-3084)
Rifles & Shotguns (3085-3095)
Scabbards & Misc. (3096-3111)
Swords & Katanas (3112-3167)

Military & War Collectibles (Lots 3168-3231)
Revolutionary War & Civil War (3168-3219)
Spanish American War (3220-3223)
World Wars & Misc. (3224-3231)

Native Americana (Lots 3232-3593)
Alaska incl. Ivory (3232-3307)
Art (3308-3320)
Baskets (3321-3331)
Beadwork (3332-3347)
Rugs & Weavings (3348-3353)
Jewelry (3354-3359)
Kachinas (3360-3385)
Points & Stone Artifacts incl. a Large Georgia Collection (3386-3409)
Pottery (3410-3588)
Ephemera (3589-3593)

Cowboy (Lots 3594-3724)
Ephemera (3594-3626)
Chaps (3627-3666)
Saddle Bags (3667-3685)
Saddles (3686-3718)
Spurs & Misc. (3719-3724)


Taxidermy (Lots 3725-3734)





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Ultra Rare San Juan Consolidated Mining Prospectus and Stock Certificate1388Ultra Rare San Juan Consolidated Mining Prospectus and Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare opportunity to purchase this prospectus. Contains a two page map on pink paper of the vicinity and railroad lines. Outside pages show an illustra
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 2,000.00
Two Choice Cripple Creek, Colorado Mining Stock Certificates1389Two Choice Cripple Creek, Colorado Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Rock Mining Co I/U 1896 to and signed by WM Clark #721 1000 shares, tent and covered wagon vignette. Gene Field Gold Mining Co. in Cripple Creek
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
The Favorite Gold Mining Company Stock Certificates (Cripple Creek, Colorado)1390The Favorite Gold Mining Company Stock Certificates (Cripple Creek, Colorado)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four certificates: two with Pike's Peak vignette, 1899 and 1900 issued by J.W. Miller and H. K Deviseaux, and two with no vignette issued...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Two Colorado Mining Stock Certificates (Snowdrift & Pottsville)1391Two Colorado Mining Stock Certificates (Snowdrift & Pottsville)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Pottsville & Colorado Gold and SIlver Mining Company. Number 298 for 50 shares to Fanny Farquhar(?). Has the famous dog guarding the gold bar...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Colorado Mining & Other Stock Certificates1392Colorado Mining & Other Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Hancock Town Co I/U to JW Gannett 1881 #85 10 shares 2) Gold Rock Mining and Milling Co I/U to Albion Little 1891 #695 100 shares 3) Highland Light
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
Gold Mining Stock Certificates (4)1393Gold Mining Stock Certificates (4)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Gold Rock Mining Co I/U to WM Clark 1896 #726 2000 shares 2) Gene Field Gold Mining Co. I/U to SP Booth 1896 #343 1000 shares 3) Gold Exploiting Co
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
London Mining Company Bonds (7) c.1880s (Fairplay, Park County, Colorado)1394London Mining Company Bonds (7) c.1880s (Fairplay, Park County, Colorado)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven 500 gold bonds, cancelled. #504, 510, 521, 524, 526, 531, 535. 14.75" x 10". c.1880s. The London Mine was located on Lincoln Mounta...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to R****8 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
Wisconsin and Colorado Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificates (35) (Cameron Mtn. District near Salida)1395Wisconsin and Colorado Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificates (35) (Cameron Mtn. District near Salida)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
35 unissued $500 certificates. 5.75" x 10.5. Organized by financiers in Appleton, Wisconsin. Worked claims in the Cameron Mountain district nor...
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to s****y for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
Two 1860s Forbes Iron Company Stock Certificates1396Two 1860s Forbes Iron Company Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Number 44 for 150 shares to William Barnum of Salisbury in 1863. Signed by president Forbes L Adams and Secretary Ensign Church. Two five cent frow
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Pre-Civil War Hunts Lyman Iron Company Stock Certificate, Huntsville, CT1397Pre-Civil War Hunts Lyman Iron Company Stock Certificate, Huntsville, CT
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 20 for 14 shares to Abigail B Abbott in 1862. The Hunts Lymona Iron Company was located in Huntsville, just east of Falls Village. The furnace
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50